Imhotep, Pyramid Builder
Do you like watching others do all the work? Cats do! In this unique game (AVX req'd) you plan, direct and oversee the construction of a Pyramid in Ancient Egypt. Organize agriculture, plan the village, direct the building and watch thousands of workers on screen, in real time. Build it, stone by stone!
About
Do you like watching others do all the work?
Cats do!
In this unique game you will plan, direct and oversee the construction of a Pyramid in Ancient Egypt.
Organize agriculture, plan the village, direct the building and watch thousands of workers on screen, in real time.
Or not: You may be forced to watch them die of exhaustion.
Which is all caused by your incapacity of planning the biggest project on earth.
So rise to the occasion, and get that thing built, stone by stone!
Game Play
Your first challenge, should you accept it, is to decipher the hieroglyphic User Interface.
Yes, that's right, the UI uses genuine ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.
But if you want, you can cheat, and enable transcription into English.
You will need to build a food supply with farms and bakeries, and provide shelter for the workers.
And you will also need to hire your labour force.
Be careful though: do not hire more than you can feed and shelter: they may die if you fail to do so.
Oh, and don't run out of silver either. It is what buys you buildings and labour.
Labour
You will need to hire:- Irrigation Workers
- Farmers
- Household Servants
- Builders
All of these workers will go about their lives autonomously, in one massive and unparalleled crowd simulation that can grow into a force of thousands of workers.
But for the impatient Imhoteps among you: you can speed things along by picking up individual workers and place them back anywhere in the world.
Buildings
- Farms are the backbone of your civilization. They require irrigation, and provide grain.
- Bakeries will turn grain into food.
- Tax offices will take the surplus food and provide the project with much needed silver.
- Huts are required to shelter your workers when they become exhausted. Food is distributed to them.
Warning
This game uses the latest AVX CPU technology to simulate the crowd.This means you need a recent computer to run this game.
Intel Sandy Bridge or newer, or AMD Bulldozer or newer.
Check your CPU first for AVX support, before buying. Thank you!
(It also requires an up-to-date OpenGL driver -- v3.2 or higher.)
Videos
Screenshots
Achievements
Created 300 jobs.
Built 8 producing farms.
Managed a thousand workers.
Killed 100 workers.
Amassed 2500 silver.
You built a pyramid!
Completed the base of a pyramid.
System requirements
Minimum OS: Windows7, 64 Bit only! Processor: Intel Sandy Bridge or newer, AMD Bulldozer or newer (2011+) Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Discrete GPU with OpenGL 3.2 support. Storage: 100 MB available space Sound Card: OpenAL compatible Recommended OS: Windows7, 64 Bit Processor: Intel Haswell Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: nVidia GTX750Ti or faster Storage: 100 MB available space Sound Card: OpenAL compatible
Minimum OS: 10.11.4 Processor: Corei5 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Intel Iris Storage: 120 MB available space Additional Notes: Requires CPU with AVX Support Recommended OS: 10.11.4 Processor: Corei7 Graphics: Discrete GPU Storage: 120 MB available space Additional Notes: Requires CPU with AVX Support
Minimum OS: 64 bit GNU/Linux Processor: Intel Sandy Bridge or newer, AMD Bulldozer or newer (2011+) Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Discrete GPU with OpenGL 3.2 support. Storage: 100 MB available space Sound Card: OpenAL compatible Additional Notes: You need to have libsdl2 and libopenal pre-installed from your OS. Recommended OS: Ubuntu 64 bit Processor: Intel Haswell Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: nVidia GTX750Ti or faster Storage: 100 MB available space Sound Card: OpenAL compatible Additional Notes: You need to have libsdl2 and libopenal pre-installed from your OS.